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SKAGUAY AT THE HEAD OF LINN CANAL. ALASKA, THE TERMINUS OF THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE 

THE SCENIC RAILWAY OF THE WORLD 




THE SUMMIT, ON THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE — DIRECT ROUTE TO KLONDIKE AND ATLIN GOLD FIELDS- 

2885 FEET ELEVATION IN NINETEEN MILES 




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MEMORIES OF TUB SPRING OF 1S98 — RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE — HARDSHIPS NOW FORGOTTEN, AS ONE TRAVELS IN THE 










WHITE PASS COACH — THE CANTELEVER BRIDGE ON THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE — OVER THE PASS IT WAS 

AN EASY DESCENT TO LAKE BENNETT 



LOWER 
YUKON IMOIAK* 




rnK EARLV PIONEERS CAMPED AT LAKE BENNETT, BUILT THEIR BOATS AND PREPARED TO FLOAT DOWN RIVER TO DAWSON 




MANY GOT "COLD FEET" AND TURNED BACK; THE STRONG-HEARTED ONES EMBARKED FOR DAWSON 




MOUhTlhO 
most HEAD 



TRIALS WERE NOT OVER — UNFORESEEN STORMS WRECKED MANY ON THE LAKES — MILES CANYON 
AND WHITE HORSE RAPIDS HAD TO BE RUN 



DAYI50N 5LEEPS 
JUhE Z\, 1900 




in THE- 
KLOfiDIKd VALE 



the: white pass railroad has banished ali, these terrors and now connects with the river steamers 

AT white horse, 370 MILES FROM DAWSON 



Oft rue 
LEWIS RIVER 




S STEAMER LEAVING WHtTK HORSE RUNS FIFTEEN MILES DOWN THE FIFTY-MILE RIVER TO LAKE LE BARGE WHICH IS SIXTY 
MILES LONG. LE BARGE IS SURROUNDED BY VERY PICTURESQUE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS 




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rEAMEK Giir^ss CATmorsLT rsTO the thirty-m:ie stter. 

WATER, THE SCESK OF >IAXT W&ECSS A-NT) DISASTERS 



rtrrrx AXD DASGESors 



; FREEZE UP 
in OCT 99 



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OCT OF THE THIRTY-MILE AJtD DOWS THE LEWIS NIKETY XIL^ THROrCH HELL'S GATE TO FORT SELKIRK. 
THE COXFLrESCE OF THE LEWIS AND PELLY RIVERS AT FORT SELKIRK FORM THE YTKOS RIVER 




ik HIKa'S-HTE VUiW Off DA-WSQIir 



i» MTLEs- sehow Foax SELsras; is the rawir of da-wsobt who^ HistaaT DA.rES skqm. the scmatEH. qf use wiui^ the Ftaisr 

CiHESS WKHH BtnX.T. Ef THE FAIX. OF tSBT TSE FIKSr OF THE aH^ AS-SIV KU AJSU CQiS LLSUBD THKOCCiS 

THE SC30IEH. OF t8a& THE TaWX HUS ITAn A SEiaVEIiaCS SHQWTff A3D IS 

CUSSDEKED GOOD FOR TtASX StORE YEAHS TO COME 



RD AVB DAWSOn 




THREE TIMES FIRE HAS DESTROYED THE BUSINESS PORTION OF DAWSON 







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SUN DOGS— MINIATURE SUNS OF RAINBOW BRILLIANCY DUE TO THE REFRACTION OF THE SUNLIGHT 

BY THE FROST CRYSTALS IN THE AIR 




■DAWSOn- hEW FEOfRftL BUILDIMO 



THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN DAWSON 




THE A. E. CO. DEPARTMENT STORE 




A SEMI-TROPICAL SrSIMER UTTH XIGHTUSSS DATS K CLOSELT FOU.OWKD BY A SHORT ArTTMS. 

THKX A LOXG WINTER COLD ASD PARK 





TSB C^iSr SHEfHESS TU 4SB1VE 




PANORAMAS OF DAWSON 




STREET SCENES IN DAWSON 




THE FIRST CABINS WKRK INIQUE — DISPLAYING THK INVENTIVE GENIUS OF THEIR Bl'II.UERS 




THE NATIVE MALAMCTE DOG — THE MOST CHEERFUL WORKER AND MOST OBSTINATE 
INTELLIGENT OR DENSE, BUT ALWAYS CUNNING. CRAFTY AND WISE — 
STEALING ANYTHING NOT TIED DOWN 



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THE COLDEST DAY — 68° BELOW ZERO — JANUARY 18, 19U1 




THE NORTHERN LIGHTS IN OCTOBER, 1900 




THK TRIP DOWN THE YUKON IS ONE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN 




MANY COME OUT OVER THE ICE IN WINTER 




IN WINTKR THE MOON PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN FURNISHING LIGHT — THE MOONLIGHT IS REFLECTED AND 

INTENSIFIED BY THE WHITE CRYSTAL SNOW TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS TO PERFECTLY 

ILLUMINATE THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE 



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PHOTOGRAPHS BY MOONLIGHT ARK VERY SDCCESSFLLLV TAKEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS 




THE "rUI.I.MAN" OF THE YUKON 




STAKING A CLAIM IS ONE OF THE ARTS PECILIAR TO THE YIKON 





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MANY COMFORTS ARE ENJOYBD IN THE DAWSON HOMES 




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DAWSON FROM ACROSS THE YUKON 




PLEASURES OF SUMMER 




THE SOCIETY EVENT OF THE YEAR — ST. ANDREW'S BALL 




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ALL PLACER GOLD IS RECOVERED FROM THE GRAVEL BY SLUICING 




IN KLONDIKE, PREPARATORY TO SLUICING, THE GRAVEL IS MINED FROM THE CREEK BOTTOMS AND HIGH BENCHES- 
THE I'EAR AROUND THE GROUND IS FROZEN AND MUST BE THAWED 







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THAWING WITH FIRES WAS THE FIRST METHOD USED 




STEAM HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO MINING AND NOW IS ALMOST IN UNIVERSAL USE, BEING MORE ECONOMICAL 




THE GOLD RUNS IN STKKAKS THROVGH THE CREKK AND THE SUCCESSFUL MINER FOLLOWS THE "PAY-STREAK." 







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THIS INDERGROUND MINING IS CALLED "DRIFTING' 




THB OI,D yjiRSUS THE NEW METHOD -- WITH AND WITHOUT MACHINERY 




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MINING ON THE HIOH BENCH, WHICH IS A REMNANT OF THE PRE-GLACIAL VALLEY — ELDORADO AND BONANZA CREEKS 

REPRESENT POST GLACIAL GORGES 



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ROCKING" — A MKTHOD OF WASHING GOLD WHERE WATER IS SCARCE 




THE GOtD PAN IS SYMBOLICAL WITH PLACER MINING AND IS INDISPENSABLE IN TESTING THE VALUE OF GRAVEL 




IN THIS COUNTRY WHKRE DOGS ARE HORSES AND "DRIED FISH" HAY, MAN AND HIS CANINE KRIKND ARE INSEPARABLE — 
THE DOGS WORK IN THE HARNESS IN WINTER AND PACK ON THEIR BACKS IN Sl'MMER 




ONE WHO ENJOYS THE COLD 



ONE WHO LOVES THE GETTING OI' GOLD 





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"NO PAY" — SUCH WAS THK I.fCK OF MANY, THE FEW WERE FORTt'NATE 



ARRIVIfiO- FROM 



Sr MICHBALS 




"ABANDONED, AFTER MONTHS OF LABOR, SLIDING OUR OUTFIT ON THE TESLIN TRAIL" 




MODES OF TRAVEL ARE NOT THE EASIEST IN A NEW COUNTRY 




THE INDIANS TRADE THEIR GOOD FURS FOR INFERIOR GAY CALICOES AND PREFER CANNED GOODS TO THEIR GAME 



& WITH OOGS 






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THE INDIAN GRAVES RESEMBLE MINIATURE VILLAGES 



START I HG FOR 
HOME 1600 MILtS 
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THE ROAD HOUSES SCATTERED ALL OVER THE YUKON DO AWAY WITH MANY HARDSHIPS 




THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE PRESERVE PERFECT ORDER 




NEW DISCOVERIES IN NOME ATTRACTED MANY FROM DAWSON 




IN WINTER QUARTERS 




THE MAMOUTH (ELEPHAS PRIMIGENIOUS ) FOUND IN THE RECENT GRAVELS 




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IN THE FOOT-HILt.S OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 




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SNAPSHOT OF A FLOCK OF PTARMIGANS 



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SOMETHINC. TO EAT AND A PI.ACK TO SLEEP 




A CARIBOO HUNT 




ROTARY PLOW ON THE MfiJTE PASS BR 



THE ROTARY SNOW PLOW ON THE SUMMIT OF THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE 




INDIANS FROM THE McKENZIE RIVER — THROUGHOUT THE YUKON THERE ARE MANY TRIBES OF INDIANS 




THE INDIANS LIVE IN VILLAGES IN WINTER AND SPEND THEIR TIME HUNTING AND FISHING, 
OFTEN GOING A HUNDRED MILES AWAY TO HUNT 




IN LOOKS THE YOKON INDIANS RESEMBLE THE ASIATICS — THEIR LANGUAGE IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 




THK VCKON VALLHV CAN GKUW 1 INK GARDEN STLhK 



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